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Call for an independent public inquiry to advise the Federal Government and inform Canadians on a safe plan for Canada’s future oil production

Posted on September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 by Gooderham Nathan

Canada’s new Emissions Reduction Plan announced on March 29, 2022, includes a detailed plan by our government to continue increasing Canada’s oil production to 2030 and maintain high production levels for another 20 years after that. The plan envisions no significant reduction…

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Global emissions implications of continuing to increase Canada’s oil production

Posted on August 23, 2022May 23, 2023 by Gooderham Nathan

Over a year ago, in April 2021, we began efforts to directly question Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson (now Minister of Natural Resources) about the fundamental contradiction between the path Canada is presently following, continuing to rapidly expand our oil production while ignoring repeated warnings…

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Net-Zero Advisory Body is silent on Canada’s expanding oil production

Posted on July 10, 2022July 13, 2022 by Gooderham Nathan

Over 85% of the emissions from every barrel of oil we produce in Canada occurs after we export our oil, when it is burned as fuel in cars and trucks (“downstream emissions”) and released as tailpipe emissions. The downstream emissions from our exported oil are currently more than 700 Mt annually. Although the government…

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Member of Parliament misleads Canadians on Bay du Nord

Posted on June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 by Gooderham Nathan

On May 31, 2022, we sent a letter to a Member of Parliament named Julie Dabrusin. Most Canadians will never have heard of her. We all have a duty and responsibility to challenge anyone who poses as a politician concerned about climate policy. Dabrusin is one of those.

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  • Net-Zero Advisory Body is silent on Canada’s expanding oil production
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